More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

A stone-filled garden in the heart of Edinburgh commemorates the father of modern geology.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

The U.K.'s first underground railway line is now a lively thoroughfare for runners and cyclists.

A medieval device used to punish and shame wrongdoers still hangs outside the village church.

An iconic red telephone box turned tiny art gallery.

A controversial cenotaph dedicated to a local physician with an unscrupulous past.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

Edinburgh’s version of the Sistine Chapel is this former church, with an interior covered in paintings done by one woman over the course of nearly a decade.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

On the outskirts of Edinburgh, a trio of topiary created by one man over the course of more than 20 years.

A masterpiece of Art Deco architecture hidden in plain sight in West London.

On high feast days, the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside.

An authentic, seaworthy replica of the ship that sailed to Newfoundland in 1497.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

The centerpiece of the Delta Blues Museum is a wooden sharecropper’s cabin that once housed a titan of blues music.

These elaborate gothic monuments honor Verona's medieval lords.